London Oven Cleaners clean ovens in Horton Kirby from £77. Each oven is rebuilt and heated for you to inspect, and a corner that is not right gets cleaned again on the spot.
Horton Kirby's conservation area runs along Horton Road and The Street, with St Mary's church and Court Lodge Farm at its rural northern end. It was designated in 1974 and extended in 1990, and the council's 2003 appraisal gives it about 12 hectares and ten listed buildings, the oldest being the flint church of about 1190.
Cottages on The Street
The southern part of the conservation area is later than the northern end and was shaped by the mill. Tudor buildings such as the Royal Oak and Old School Cottages stand on The Street among flint cottages and Victorian workers' houses, and Croft House was once an ivory merchant's. The council's 2003 appraisal notes how close many of them stand to the road and the lack of pavements.
An old cottage kitchen usually has the cooker wherever the room allows it, often a freestanding one. Taking it apart is the same job as anywhere else: dust sheets first, then shelves, racks and side runners out to be soaked and cleaned separately, while the cavity, the fan cover and the door glass are degreased by hand indoors. With front doors at the edge of the road, the van may have to wait a little way along, so say where it can stop legally when you book, and read any signs on your stretch.
Westminster Mill, rebuilt as houses
Westminster Mill began as a small flour mill. A fire, caused by lightning, severely damaged it in 1908 and it stayed in disrepair until 1914; it was rebuilt from 1918 and extended in 1929, 1930 and 1936. In 1975 a former employee set fire to the wing by the bridge. The mill closed in 1991, and by 2003 the site was a large housing scheme in yellow stock brick, slate and white boarding, built to the bulk of the old mill and closing the view down The Street.
Homes finished that recently usually came with fitted kitchens and a built-in oven, single or double, under the worktop or in a tall unit.
Semis are half the homes around Horton Kirby
The census area around the village (Sevenoaks 005B) had 605 households in 2021. Of those, 50.6% lived in a semi-detached house, 22.0% in a detached one and 21.0% in a terrace; only 4.1% were in a block of flats. Three quarters (76.6%) owned their home, 14.5% rented from a social landlord and just 7.4% rented privately. In the bigger detached houses the cooker is more likely to be a range or an AGA.
What an oven clean costs in Horton Kirby
| Oven or appliance | Fixed price |
|---|---|
| Single ovenBuilt-in single: cavity, racks, door glass and seals. | £77 |
| Double ovenBoth cavities and doors, every rack soaked and cleaned. | £110 |
| Single wide ovenOne oven, wider than the standard 60cm. | £114 |
| Range cooker, 90cmThe whole cooker: every oven and the grill. | £143 |
| Range cooker, 100cm | £167 |
| Range hob or range hoodThe wide hob on a range, or the hood above it. | £48 |
| AGA, two-ovenCooled properly, cleaned, re-lit and checked. | £143 |
| AGA, four-oven | £187 |
| HobCeramic £23, gas £28. | £23–28 |
| Extractor hood | £28 |
| Microwave | £22 |
| Single oven, hob and extractorThe three together, one visit. | £117 |
| Double oven, hob and extractorThe three together, one visit. | £143 |
Every appliance has its own fixed figure. Tell us which you have when you call, and the price agreed then is the one you pay.
Questions from Horton Kirby
Is Horton Kirby in Sevenoaks or Dartford?
Sevenoaks District. The postcode is DA4, a Dartford one, but the parish is in Sevenoaks district.
Does this page cover South Darenth too?
South Darenth shares the parish, which took the name Horton Kirby and South Darenth on 1 April 1979, but it has its own page: South Darenth.
Our range cooker has a hood over it. Can both be cleaned?
Yes, at the same visit. The 90cm range is £143 and the hob or hood of a range is £48.
Will the oven be usable the same day?
Yes. It is reassembled and heated before we leave, and you look inside it first.
What customers tell us
Arrived promptly and did a great job cleaning the oven, hob and extractor. They look like new now and for a very reasonable price too.
Very satisfied with the service. They were slightly late at first but I got a call from customer service to let me know, and it was all fine. The oven man, as he called himself, arrived and worked very hard for a couple of hours. My oven now looks like it has never been used.
Brilliant clean, my oven looks like brand new. A 5 star clean.
Where Horton Kirby sits
Nearby areas we cover
Farningham · South Darenth · Sutton-at-Hone · Darenth · Longfield · Fawkham
Elsewhere in Swanley
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Call 020 8077 5225 and the Horton Kirby price is fixed on the spot; typers can use the quote form instead.